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City to begin demolition bid for 115 Chip after owner misses grant; fines discussion tabled to May hearing
Summary
City staff said property at 115 Chip remains in noncompliance; the owner missed a repair-grant deadline. The city and hearing authority agreed to begin the bid process for demolition and to table any decision on fines until the May hearing; expenses will be charged back to the property owner.
Hearing authority K. Mark Lloyd agreed to table a decision on fines for the property at 115 Chip and ordered the owner to appear at the next hearing, while the city will begin the bid process for demolition if the owner does not remediate the property.
Clay Folkerson, City of Franklin building official, and Alex Schedules, senior planner for the City of Franklin, reported that the property remains noncompliant. Folkerson asked whether the city should start bidding for demolition and charge back expenses; Schedules said the owner had come into the office by Feb. 18 but “there's been no movement there,” and he characterized the grant opportunity as having a February application deadline that the owner missed.
The owner, identified in the transcript as Bridal Burger, said he had been unable to get the money together and acknowledged he would be accountable for demolition costs. Lloyd granted the owner’s request to postpone a decision on fines and said the matter would be tabled until the next hearing; the hearing record states the city and the property owner are in agreement to begin the bid process and that expenses would be charged back to the owner, potentially by payment in full or by a lien on the property. The owner mentioned an outstanding mortgage “roughly, maybe 10,000.” Lloyd ordered the owner to appear at the May hearing for an update.
